Comparison of microbial populations in the small intestine, large intestine and feces of healthy horses using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Table 3 Between-horse comparison of the bacterial microbiota of 5 gastrointestinal compartments of 6 horses

The horses were of the same breed, originating from the same farm with similar housing and dietary management. The numbers represent the Dice similarity coefficients (Cs) for a given compartment between the six horses. All possible horse combinations were assessed for each compartment and Cs means and ranges calculated. Mean and ranges are reported. Replicate 1 and 2 refer to results from 2 technical replicates. Two identical profiles create a Cs value of 1, whereas completely different profiles result in a Cs value of 0.

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